University of Oslo
Lund University
| Context: | Written parliamentary questions |
| Gap: | Gender and sender-receiver dynamics in parliament |
| RQ: | Is languagage more similar among senders and receivers of the same gender? |
| Overall finding : | Senders: Yes!; Receivers: Yes, but only among female MPs |
| Immidiate finding: | Man to woman: more male language Woman to man: more female language (but only among male MPs) |
Hypothesis 1: WPQ language is more likely to be similar to questions by other MPs of the same gender
Hypothesis 2: Language is even more aligned with one’s own gender if the receiving minister is also of the same gender
Minister change from man to woman
Minister change from woman to man